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. 2023 Dec 26;42(12):113570.
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113570. Epub 2023 Dec 8.

Fecal transfers from children on the ketogenic diet mimic the anti-seizure effect in mice

Stefanie Prast-Nielsen  1
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Fecal transfers from children on the ketogenic diet mimic the anti-seizure effect in mice

Stefanie Prast-Nielsen. Cell Rep. .
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Abstract

The ketogenic diet (KD) mediates its anti-seizure effect through the gut microbiota in epilepsy mouse models.1 Lum et al.2 demonstrated that fecal microbiota from children with epilepsy treated with the KD decreases seizure susceptibility in mice after transfer.

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